Curing the Curie complex
French physicist Hélène Langevin-Joliot – the granddaughter of Marie Curie – discusses the "Curie complex" and shares her tips for scientific success
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The green flash
Pete Lawrence describes his quest since childhood to see this elusive phenomenon
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Whistling volcanoes: radio waves in volcanic lightning
Ian Randall reports on the finding that whistler waves can come from volcanoes
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The restless rocks of Racetrack Playa
The rocks in California's Racetrack Playa are on the move, but how? Brian Jackson describes how he and his colleagues solved a decades-old mystery
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Chasing the Silver Dragon: the physics of tidal bores
Michael Berry outlines the science behind tidal bores and describes his sighting in China of one of the most spectacular examples
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How silicon photonics screens for heart disease
The European CARDIS project aims to use silicon photonics to allow large-scale screening of populations for cardiovascular risk
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Optics puts gravity waves in reach
Due to come online later this year and packed with state-of-the-art optics, Advanced LIGO is aiming for a direct detection of gravitational waves that will open a new window on the universe
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The phase technique for imaging cellular systems
Quantitative phase imaging is a powerful, non-invasive and quantitative microscopy technique that allows multi-scale imaging of cellular systems
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The spin of a proton
Where does the spin of a proton come from? An answer to this deceptively simple question may finally be within reach, as Edwin Cartlidge reports
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Edging into the spotlight: bendy lattices and metamaterials
Stephen Ornes discovers how a study of floppy lattices combined ideas from both electronic and soft-matter materials to create metamaterials with many applications
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